CVE-2003-0865

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in readstring of httpget.c for mpg123 0.59r and 0.59s allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request.

Published: 2003-11-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0865 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.16%, 96th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0865

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23171 exploit_db edb 2003-09-23 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0865

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 19.50% 14.16% -5.34%
2 2025-03-30 19.14% 19.50% +0.36%
3 2025-03-29 — 19.14% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0865

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0865

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0865

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0865 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mpg123), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0865

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0865

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mpg123 mpg123 0.59r cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mpg123 mpg123 0.59s cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0865

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